Education

What a fresh breath of air listening to Prof Yemi Osinbajo views on Biafra. I especially like that he started by relating to his school mates who went home during the war and never came back. He talked about how we… Read More ›

Sometimes last week I read about a group of Nigerian students stranded in different parts of the world because the government has not been up to date with tuition and living expenses payments. The students, as always reached out to… Read More ›

Internet is filled with lots of different opinions on every single subject. People choose the best angle they can relate to when talking about sensitive subject such as slavery/slave trade. In general, we (Yorubas) are quite protective of our traditional rulers. Things… Read More ›

Rape is a serious case in Nigeria but we seldom talk about it, victims don’t report due to costs of involving the police or even the fact that victims likely to be shamed for reporting. Mrs Michale Matthew in Lagos is… Read More ›

Nigeria has 371 different tribes so we’re told, the list is impressive. This is not peculiar to Nigeria, many nations of the world are in a similar situation. Nigeria is categorised into three major groups for economic and ease of governance… Read More ›

In diaspora, I have seen different ways in which people choose the last resting place for their loved ones. A few years a go, an elder man who had lived in the UK for about 50 years went back home for… Read More ›

Why are some people ever so critical of Nigeria government? I suppose knowing that Nigeria can do a lot better is enough reason to keep poking the officials, they often tune out the voices anyway, but until they pay attention, poking… Read More ›

In Yoruba language one can pretty much make up any names one desires based on objects, beliefs or fantasies by combining words or letters, tonal marks on letters are to guide readers of the meaning. This post is about Yoruba language translation… Read More ›

During 2014 National Conference divorce rate in the country was one of the many serious issues brought to light. Attention at the time was mainly on the northern city of Kano where divorce rate is the highest however, from what… Read More ›

Is there a need to reassess discipline in Nigeria schools? I think so. During a conversation a few months ago, my sister mentioned my nephew was slapped at school where he is doing his A Levels. My nephew called his mother… Read More ›

This time of the year there are always news articles about FGM informing the public about Africans travelling back home and how some people use this time to catch up with traditions of FGM and labia pulling. Part of this… Read More ›

Time flies by so fast that things that seem so far away at one point are now past event. My girls school from year three have one residential trip per year. We have all being looking forward to these. Many things that… Read More ›